CROSS CIRCLE

(TOPIC: INTRODUCTIONS / ICEBREAKERS)

Instructions

PERFECT GAME TO LEARN EACH OTHER’S NAMES. EVERYONE IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON (A) STARTS BY CALLING ANOTHER PERSON’S NAME (B). AT THAT POINT, A STARTS WALKING TOWARDS B. BEFORE A GETS TO B, B NEEDS TO CALL ANOTHER NAME (C), SO B FREES HER SPOT IN THE CIRCLE, FOR A TO TAKE. C THEN NEEDS TO CALL YET ANOTHER NAME AND START WALKING, SO B CAN TAKE C’S SPOT.

VARIATIONS

YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE CYCLE GOING WITHIN THE ONE CIRCLE, IF THE GROUP IS BIG ENOUGH.

DEBRIEF: ACTIVITY DESIGNED SIMPLY TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PAYING ATTENTION TO OTHER PEOPLE AND GET TO KNOW THE NAMES OF OTHERS. HOW MANY STUDENTS CONTINUED TO SWAP PLACES WITH PEOPLE THEY ALREADY KNEW WELL? HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE OPEN TO ENGAGING WITH NEW PEOPLE? DISCUSS THAT THIS (BEGINNING THIS CLASS TOGETHER / STARTING AT A NEW SCHOOL ETC) IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PEOPLE AND GROW OUR SOCIAL CIRCLE.